Monday 26th April

The end of April is zooming in! And then it’ll be May and then June and that’ll be the end of this year of study!


I’ve just made Edinburgh my FIRM choice, with Glasgow as INSURANCE so adios to Aberdeen & Stirling. I went on a useful visit to Stirling Uni and it looks a good place to study….for younger types who don’t want to study in a big city.

Over Easter I read a damn fine book about Thomas Cochrane and used Spanish in a real environment. And relaxed!!

Last week I got a clearer picture of the Literature & History assignments, so will talk about them in the plan. I gained a year, lost some brain cells, found a copy of “Enduring Love” by Iain McEwan and started re-reading it for Literature. I passed the Spanish listening NAB (14/16), got 15/15 in the French NAB and, most importantly, got an A1 in the Advanced Higher Spanish prelim despite that terrible first listening (3/10). Jordi did point me in the direction of a listening magazine on Click view, and I definitely need to get myself “into the groove” before the next listening exam. In my defence it was the day after the snowy trip to Glasgow.

Oh, and at the weekend I read and highlighted the handouts Evan had given us on the Treaty of Versailles.

Looks like I’ll be bidding au revoir to French; I’ve passed all the NAB things without any problem and I don’t reckon the course can teach me much more.

So that leaves:

Spanish
Exam preparation June hour a week
Essay writing June check with Jordi

Literature
Essay 1 Draft this week Tues pm / Wed am 4 hours
Read Enduring Love over this week 2 hours
History
Project: read Chile chapters of 2nd Cochrane book Wed Am/Thurs PM 2 hours
Essay 1 1st draft this week 6 hours Thurs PM / Fri Am 2 hours